GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 1351

 
 
Short Title:	Two Strikes--You're Out.	()	
Sponsors:	Representative Harrington.	
Referred to:	Judiciary I.	
April 12, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WITH A PRIOR CONVICTION OF A VIOLENT FELONY MAY BE DECLARED A VIOLENT FELON UPON CONVICTION OF A SECOND VIOLENT FELONY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 14‑7.7(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Any person who has been convicted of a violent felony in any federal court, or in a court of this or any other state of the United States is declared to be a violent habitual felon. For purposes of this Article, "convicted" means the person has been adjudged guilty of or has entered a plea of guilty or no contest to the violent felony charge, and judgment has been entered thereon when  the action occurred on or after July 6, 1967. Any felony to which a pardon has been extended shall not, for the purposes of this Article, constitute a felony. The burden of proving a pardon shall rest with the defendant, and this State shall not be required to disprove a pardon. Conviction as an habitual felon shall not, for purposes of this Article, constitute a violent felony."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2001, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.